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of the human brain. The course also provides an overview of neurological disorders resulting
from brain damage or malfunction. In general, this course will enable students to understand
the interactive relationship between our daily functions and neurological processes.

PSY 406 Specific Issues in Neuroscience
1 Term; 3 Credits
This is an advanced course explaining the relationships of human behaviours and
neurological structures in specific aspects, including neurogenesis, research techniques,
functional localization, cognitive and perceptual functioning, emotion and recovery of neuronal
function. This course also aims at discussing selected controversies about cognitive
neuroscience and neuropsychology. Students will appreciate the close linkage of human
behaviour and neurological systems, as well as how their linkages are studied empirically.

PSY 410 Psychoanalytic Readings
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is essentially a follow-up to the course Psychoanalytic Concepts. Some
manuscripts by major figures in the psychoanalytic tradition are selected and introduced to
students. These major figures include Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, Alfred Adler, Carl Jung,
Melanie Klein, John Bowlby, Karen Horney, Erich Fromm, Heinz Hartmann, Donald W.
Winnicott, Ronald D. Fairbairn, Wilfred Bion and Jacques M. Lacan. Students are invited to
reflect on the challenges and suggestions imbedded in the selected psychoanalytic
manuscripts by means of extensive group reading, discussions and debates.

PSY 411-2 Honours Research Project I & II
2 Terms; 6 Credits
Honours Research Project is an alternative for students deciding not to take Research
Thesis effective from 2013-2014. This course requires students to integrate their knowledge of
psychology through the research process. Students conduct psychological studies on a specific
domain in psychology and practice their research skills. Students choosing Honours Research
Project are required to make up 3 credits by selecting a 3-credit departmental elective from a
list of advanced departmental (seminar-based) electives.

PSY 461 Industrial Attachment
1 Term; 3 Credits

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES (SERVICE COURSES)

COUN 110A Personal Growth
1 Term; 2 Credits
This course aims at promoting self-awareness and developing essential ingredients of
psychological health such as creativity, emotional and interpersonal competencies and the

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